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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIcE.

JAMES MONROE DAVIS, OF HUDNUT, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO SILAS TAYLOR, OF SAME PLACE.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 404,689, dated June 4, 1889.

Application filed February 2, 1889. Serial No. 298,422. (No model.)

1' all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES MONROE DAVIS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Hudnut, in the county of Parke and State of Indiana, have invented new and useful Improvements in Tables, of which the following is a specfiication.

This invention relates to that class of tables in which the legs and the sides of the frames are secured together detachably, so that the parts of thetable may be readily disconnected or knocked down and packed for transportation or storage; and the invention consists, mainly, in the improved construction of the legs and means for attaching the sides of the frames thereto, as will be hereinafter fully described with reference to the drawings, in which Figure 1 is a bottom View of one end of a table having my improvements. Fig. 2 is a section taken on the line m a; in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of one of the table-legs with the adjacent sides of the frame and the clamping-block whereby the latter are to be secured in position; and Fig. 4 is a horizontal sectional view taken through the upper end of one of the legs, and showing the sides attached thereto.

Like letters refer to like parts in all the figures.

A A designate the legs, and B B the sides of the table-frame. The legs are provided at their upper ends with rectangular recesses O, forming the flanges D, on what is intended to be the outer sides of the legs. The ends of the frame-sides B are recessed at E, forming shoulders F, that abut against the flanges D when the parts are put together. The extreme ends of the frame-sides are beveled or mitered, as at G, so as to abut against each other and form a tight joint.

In the recesses O at the upper end of the table-leg is fitted a square block H, which is secured by means of a tightening screw or bolt I, passing diagonally through said block and through the corner of the flanges D. It will be seen that when the ends of the frame-sides are inserted between the flanges D and block H and the screw or bolts I tightened the said blocks will be drawn up, so as to clamp the ends of the frame-sides and hold them securely against the flanges D. Nea-tness of finish is securedby the recesses E in the frame-pieces B, which cause the outer sides of the latter to be flush with the outer sides of the flanges D.

The table-top J is to be secured to the legframe in any suitable manner. In the annexed drawings the said top is shown to be provided with drop-leaves K, which when extended are supported by means of slides L, arranged to move transversely between the cleats M upon the under side of the central ormain portion .of the top. The ends of the table-frames are provided with slots or recesses N for the passage of said slides, which arein turn provided with longitudinal slots 0, through which pass the vertical pins P, serving to limit the movement of the slides and to prevent their displacement or loss. The projecting ends of the slides have transverse cleats Q, forming handles by which they maybe readily grasped and manipulated. This form of table-leaf support is, as will be seen, entirely independ ent of connection to the drop-leaves, and is therefore particularly adapted to a knockdown or separable table, as herein described.

The table-top J is provided with a central opening 0 through which passes a vertical stem or shaft S carrying at its upper end a circular leaf L which may be readily rotated, so as to bring dishes and the like which may be placed thereon directly in front of any person occupying a seat at the table, who may thus conveniently help himself to anything that he may desire. The lower end of the shaft is shouldered, as at P and seated in a bearing 13*, formed in the cross-brace under the table-top, thus supporting the revolving disk or leaf in its proper position.

The operation of this invention will be readily understood. The parts of the frame may be readily connected by simply placing them together in proper position and tightening the screws or bolts I, thereby drawing the blocks H up and clamping the legs and the sides of the frame firmly together. The construction is simple and durable, and a neater finish is secured at less expense than where separate and independent clamping-irons or other devices are used.

I am aware that knockdown tables have been constructed in which the upper ends of the table-legs have been mortised to receive the ends of the sides of the frame, clampingbolts being inserted diagonally through the legs to hold the parts together. By using a separate clamping-block, as herein described, I am enabled to overcome several disadvantages arising from this construction, and especially am I enabled to fit the parts and secure them tightly together without regard to the thickness of the sides of the frame, which is obviously impossible when the frame-sides are to be fitted in mortises of a certain size.

Having thus described my invention, I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States 1. In a knockdown table, the combination of the leg flanged at its upper end along its outer sides, a clamping-block seated in therecess thus formed, a screw or bolt passing diagonally through said block and through the corner of the flanges, and the frame-sides having mitcred ends abuting against each other, substantially as herein set forth.

2. The combination of the table-leghavin g a rectangular recess at its upper end forming flanges D, the frame-sides B, having recesses E, forming shoulders F, and beveled or mitered ends, the clamping-blocks II, and screws or bolts I, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto aflixed my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

JAMES MONROE DAVIS.

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.TAs. A. ALLEN, THoMAs CAMPBELL. 

